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Archive for June 27 - July 1, 2005
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Monday, June 27, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Searching for creativity
He first promoted the idea that artists and other creative types could revitalize neighborhoods just by moving in. Now Florida looks at where the next creative class is coming from, and why the U.S. may not benefit from their talents.
Guests:
Richard Florida is the author of The Flight of the Creative Class: The New Global Competition for Talent. He's also the author of The Rise of the Creative Class.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Richard Florida's Web site
Document Web Resource: Creative Problem Solving Institute
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Gauging trends
They're the people who figure out what's hot, and why. Local trend-spotters talk about the methods behind the work they do.
Guests:
Kirk Olson, consumer strategist with Iconoculture, Inc. Josette Hutchinson, account coordinator and trend analyst, Kruskopf Coontz ad agency. Andrea Franzen, traffic manager and trend analyst, Kruskopf Coontz. (photo Getty/Vanderlei Almeida)

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Document Web Resource: Iconoculture, Inc.
Document Web Resource: Kruskopf Coontz
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Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Religion and the courts
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the display of the Ten Commandments shows the justices wrestling with defining which displays advocate religion and which are historical.

Guests:
Marie Failinger, professor of law at Hamline University and editor of the Journal of Law and Religion. Tom Berg, professor of law at St. Thomas University and co-director of the Terrence J. Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law, and Public Policy. Bryan Brown, attorney for the city of Duluth.

Related Links:
Document MPR: Duluth's monument fight goes on
Document La Crosse will appeal Ten Commandments ruling
Document Web Resource: Marie Failinger bio
Document Web Resource: Tom Berg bio
Document Web Resource: City of Duluth Attorney's Office
Document Web Resource: Ten Commandments Monuments: Fraternal Order of Eagles
Document Web Resource: Americans United for the Separation of Church and State
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio America's image problem
A new international opininion poll shows that while anti-Americanism is declining, the United States remains broadly disliked in many countries.

Guests:
Jodie Allen, senior editor at the Pew Research Center. Ahmed Samatar, James Wallace Professor and Dean of International Studies and Programming at Macalester College.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Pew Global Attitudes Project
Document Web Resource: Ahmed Samatar's bio
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Crime and punishment
Ramsey County's top prosecutor talks about the latest in DNA evidence and implications of changes in the sex offender law.
Guests:
Susan Gaertner, Ramsey County attorney.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Office of the Ramsey County Attorney
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio No timetable for withdrawing troops
President Bush acknowledged the growing dissatisfaction with the Iraq war but insisted U.S. troops continue operations. Some question whether Iraqis are on a path to greater security.
Guests:
David Phillips, former senior advisor to the State Department on the Future of Iraq project from April 2002 to September 2003. Currently, he is senior fellow and deputy director of the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. He's the author of Losing Iraq: Inside the Postwar Reconstruction Fiasco. Larry Diamond, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and founding coeditor of the Journal of Democracy. He was an advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad during the early part of 2004. He is the author of Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: David Phillips' Bio
Document Web Resource: Larry Diamond's Bio
Document Web Resource: Diamond: "What Went Wrong in Iraq"
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Big cats, dangerous pets
Animal sanctuary operators and law enforcement report a rise in the number of people owning animals that we usually find in zoos. A sanctuary operator talks about what's behind the interest in lions and tigers as pets and what happens to them when they are no longer wanted by owners.
Guests:
Tammy Quist, executive director of the The Wildcat Sanctuary in rural Isanti county. Sybille Klenzendorf, deputy director of species conservation for the World Wildlife Fund. Bhagavan Antle is the director of T.I.G.E.R.S. (the Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species). He breeds and shows large cats.

Related Links:
Document MPR News: A jungle of confusion: tigers in Minnesota
Document Web Resource: MN Board of Animal Health: Exotic Animal Rule
Document Web Resource: The Wild Cat Sanctuary
Document Web Resource: World Wildlife Fund: Trafficking in wildlife
Document Web Resource: Captive Wild Animal Protection Coalition
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Collecting the stories of everyday people
The creator of StoryCorps seeks the stories of ordinary people across the country to be archived in the Library of Congress as a record of our times.
Guests:
David Isay, radio documentary producer. He's the executive producer of Sound Portraits Productions.

Related Links:
Document MPR: StoryCorps
Document Web Resource: StoryCorps
Document Web Resource: Sound Portraits Productions
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Friday, July 1, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Budget stalls before the deadline
The Minnesota Senate abruptly adjourned without reaching agreement on the remaining budget items. The move affects more than 9,000 state employees.
Guests:
Steve Sviggum, speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. Dee Long, former DFL speaker of Minnesota House of Representatives. Bill Schreiber, former Republican chair of the House Taxes Committee.

Related Links:
Document Senate leaves without budget deal
Document Web Resource: State of Minnesota: Shutdown Info.
Document Web Resource: Health Care during the shutdown
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Live coverage of the resignation of U.S. Supreme Court Sandra Day O'Connor from NPR. Also reaction from an expert on the Supreme Court.
Guests:
David Stras is an associate professor of law at the University of Minnesota. He's an expert in constitutional law. He has clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

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